Hair curler



Mmh 24, 1925.

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To all wiz-0m t may concern:

Be it known that I, LOU-1s PHILIP PUT'r, a citizen of the` Unitedf-"States, and a resident of Toronto, in the county of Jederson and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I-Iair Curlers, of which the following is a speci.- fication` Y This invention relates to hair curlers and is more particularly adapted for curling locks of bobbed hair and also locks of long air.

An object of the invention is the pro vision of a device having a pair of cooperating gripping members which are adapted to be readily bent to form a pair of opposed receiving a lock of bobbed hair and which are adapted to be twisted onto the lock of hair for grippingthe same so that the curler may be turned to wind the lock of hair on the curler with the projecting endsof the curler being adapted for clamping the curler and lock against displacement.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device not only Vadapted for curling locks of bobbed hair but forthe purpose of curling long locks of hair with clamping members at the ends of the curler Y about which the lock is adapted to be twisted for gripping the free end of the lock and also the opposite end of thelock adjacent the head after the lock of hair has been curled around the device.V

This invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, in view kof the accompanying drawing` forming a part of the specification; nevertheless it is to be understood that the invention is not confined to the disclosure being susceptible Vof such changes and modifications which shall define no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims. Y

In the drawings:

Figure l is a side view of the curler showing its adaptation for curling locks of bobbed hair.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the curler adapted for use in curling long locks of hair. Y

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the device consists of two flexible strands 1 and 2 which are of the same length and each strand may consist of a wire cov- 1924. 1, Serial No; 711,3;68,

ered with a fabric casingn, fact' the' Strands may be of a length. of ,insulated c' sonner wileeuch .as-used:ier-:electrical coa ductors. The strands may of course be made of other material which has suiiicient flexibility for accomplishing the purpose for which the curler is intended.

In forming the curler the strands are placed together in juxtaposition and the portions of the strands are rigidlyrlocked together by metal bands 3 and fl. These metal bands are located sufficiently inwardv of the ends of the strands to provide pairs of freely movable clamping jaws 5, 6, 7 and 8 which are particularly useful in curling long strands of hair. The intermediate portions are ordinarily bent outwardly fromf each other to provide a pair of opposed arcuately shaped members 9 and 10 through which the end of a lock of bobbed hair is adapted to be inserted and be gripped when the strands are twisted around each other as has been described in' my allowed application, Serial No. 574,230, filed July 11, 1922.

The connected strands are ordinarily located in parallel relation and are firmly grasped by the fingers and pulled about one inch apart as shown inFigure l and to form the opposed arcuate shaped members 9 and 10. The end of the lock of moistened hair is placed through the opening between the jaws 9 and l0 when the jaws are pressed towards each other to griprthe hair. The strands are then twisted in order to hold the end of the lock securely and the curler isthen turned for winding the lock upon the same. When the limit of movement is reached the pairs of outer free ends 5, 6 and 7, 8 are bent inwardly and upon the lock for holding the curler andthe hair wound upon the curler in position adjacent the head.r 1 v ,Y

In employing' the device for curling long locks of hair the ends 5, 6 and 7, 8 are spread apart, as shown in Figure V2. A

lock of dampened hair is placed in the fork' What I claim is: Y

l. A hair curler comprising a pair of elongated flexible elements v and spaced means for securing portions of the elements together remote from the ends of saidelements to form an intermediate loop for clamping hair, with the outer ends of the flexible elements beyondthe securing means being free and forming clamping jaws.

2. A hair cnrlerL comprising a pair of elongated flexible elements having metal bands for securing the elements together at spaced points and located remotely from the ends of the elements, thereby providing a pair of intermediate 4clamping and pairs of end clamping jaws.

3. A. hair cnrler comprising a pair ci intermediate flexible clamping elements adapted to receive a lock of hair therebetween, andy apair of flexible clamping ele'- ments at each end of the intermediate clamping element.

K LOUIS PHILIP PUTT; 

